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No. 505,167. Patented Sept. 19, 1893.

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ONESIME E. MIOHAUD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STREET-CAR REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,167, datedSeptember 19, 1893.

Application filed February 23 1893. Serial No. 463.3%. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ONESIME E. MIOHAUD, of St. Louis, Missouri, havemade a new and useful Improvement in Street-Oar Registers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present improved construction includes mechanism for registering thenumber of fares taken, the aggregated amount of the fares, the number oftrips the car makes and the direction of the trips, and it consistssubstantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1is a transverse vertical section of the improved mechanism, the sectionbeing taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2 which in turn is a horizontalsection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a vertical transverse sectionon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a detail, being a verticallongitudinal section exhibiting a portion of the amount-of-faresregistering mechanism; Fig. 5 another detail, in vertical longitudinalsection, further illustrating the mechanism last named; Fig. 6 avertical 1ongitudinal section on the line 67 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 a section(on the line 67) similar to that of Fig. 6, but showing some of theparts in a different position; Fig. 8 a vertical longitudinal section onthe line 8-9 of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 a section on the line 89 of Fig. 1,showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 10 a view of theopposite side of the parts of Figs. 8 and 9; Fig. 11 a section 011 theline 11-11 of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 a front elevation of the register.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The improved register, A, has a suitable casing, a, for inclosing themechanism, and in conjunction with a suitable frame work, a, serving tosustain the movable parts.

In registering the fares and the value thereof motion is communicated tothe registering mechanism preferably by means of any cord, not shown,which leads to the lever, B, and connecting therewith at the point I)see Fig. 6. The lever is pivoted at b, and at 12 has a slottedconnection with a rod, 0, which is adapted to be, and by the turning ofthe lever B is moved endwise and downward and by spring G, about saidrod upward within the casing, the rod in its described movement beingsuitably guided by reason of its lower end engaging in a socket c andits upper end, 0, working through the top of the casing. The rod isprovided with a pawl, 0 which engages with a ratchet, 0 which isconnected with and forms part of the mechanism employed in registeringthe number of fares taken, as the rod by means of said pawl 0 operatesthe register on the upward, or spring-actuated return, stroke of saidrod. The ratchet c is secured to a wheel, D,which by means of the arms,d, is fastened toashaft E that extends horizontally and transversely inthe register. The wheel, D, is the unitswhecl, and it bears on itssurface the numerals, d, substantially as shown. On the same shaft is atens-wheel, D, which is loose 011 the shaft. Every time the rod 0, isdepressed I the pawl engages the ratchet and as the rod is lifted by thespring 0', surrounding it, the ratchet is operated one tooth. When thiswheel has been moved nine spaces a pin, F, see Figs. 8, 9, and 11 whichis adapted to be moved transversely in the units-wheel, and which iscarried around by the wheel in its rotation, encounters a cam, f,mounted on the casing a, see Fig. l, and the pin in consequence isshifted endwise (that is, transversely in the wheel) and its oppositeend,f, is thereby moved into the plane of a ratchet, 01 which isattached to the tens-Wheel D. The cam, f, is shaped at f substantiallyas shown in Fig. 1 to cause the pin to be held as described for a longenough period of time to enable the pin F, acting against a tooth in theratchet d to move the tens-wheel D around one numeral-space and anumeral, 61 upon the tens-wheel, thereby to bebrought into position tobe registered. As soon as the units-wheel has been turned around fartherthe pin F clears the cam f, whereupon a spring,

f surrounding the pin as in Fig. 11, acts to shift the pin backward intoits original position and to disengage it from the tens-wheel ratchet.This operation is repeated atevery revolution of theunits wheel. Whenthe downward movement of the rod 0, has been accomplished, it isautomatically returned to normal position by the spring 0', thatsurrounds it. As the number of fares taken is thus being registered thevalues thereof are being. elsewheels loose on the shaft E. The firstwheel on its surface bears a series of figures, 5, 10, 15, up to 100,which respectively represent the value of one, two, three, &c., fares.The wheels G, G, the, have figures to register the hundred, thousands,ten thousands, &c.

The rod C is provided with a project-ion, 0 (see Fig. 6) which, as therod is lifted, encounters the wrist pin h, of the arm, 71., of a rockshaft H, see Fig. 3 and said rock shaft is thereby turned from itsposition shown in Fig. 6 into that of its position shown in Fig. 7. Thedescribed motion of the rock shaft is, see Fig. 4: by means of the hookk transmitted to a ratchet, g, which is fastened to the wheel G, and thelast named ratchet and wheel are thereby rotated one figure-space, andthe figure, 9 upon the wheel which corresponds to the movement of therod C and the units wheel D, see Fig. 3 is accordingly broughtintoposition to register, substantially as shown. This operation of thewheel is repeated at every stroke of the rod 0, and when the wheel G hasrevolved sufficiently to register the amount of ninety five cents, andis moved again by the action of the rod 0, its motion is communicated tothe next wheel G in the series, and in the following manner: Each wheel,G, G, is provided with a gear wheel, g. The gear wheel 9 of the wheel G,engages with a gear wheel 'i, that is loose upon a shaft I and that isprovided with a scal oped shaped wheel i and a projection or tooth 2'The rotation of the wheel G, therefore, effects the rotation of theparts 'i, t", 2' and at each revolution thereof the projection iencounters a tooth, 9 of a series of teeth upon a wheel g which isattached to the wheel G, and this last named wheel, G, in consequence isrotated suificiently to bring a figure thereon into position to be readat the sight opening a. The motion of the wheel G and the partstherewith united is thus communicated to the wheel G, until it completesits revolution, whereupon and in an analogous manner its motion iscommunicated to the next wheel, G in the series, and so on until thecapacity of the series of wheels, G, G, G G G, is exhausted. The bell J,see Figs. 1 and 3, is rung by the ll2LIl1H1Q1,j, at each movement of therod 0, a projectiomj, upon the rod G encountering the end j of thehammer arm and thereby lifting that end of the arm until it encounters adeflector, j, and is released, whereupon a spring,j acts to cause thehammer to strike the bell, substantially as is indicated in Fig. 3.

The mechanism for registering the number of the car-trips will now bedescribed. K represents a rod adapted to be moved vertically, and alsoto be rotated, and '71; represents a suitable handle therefor. At theend of the trip the conductor lifts the rod and causes the rod, or anypart thereon to encounter a thrustrod L. This last named part; isslotted at Z, Z,

to engage with suitable guide pins Z, Z, see Figs. 6 and 7 and when itis lifted by the rod K, as described, it is shifted from its position asshown in Fig. 6 into its position as shown in Fig. 7 and in doing thisthe upper end Z of the rod, which is in engagement with a ratchet m,causes this ratchet to rotate one numeral space. This last named ratchetis attached to a units wheel, M, on shaft 772 This wheel bears numerals,for the purpose of indicating the number of the car trip. The wheel isthus rotated one numeral-space at every upward movement of the rod K.The numerals upon the wheel M are preferably in pairs, 1, l, 2, 2, 3, 3,&c., substantially as shown. See Fig. 3. This is for the purpose ofgiving the same number to the trip in both directions thereof, and M,represents another wheel bearing suitable inscriptions or marks, such asthe words Down and Up, forindicating the direction in which the carismoving. This last named wheel, M, by any suitable means, not shown, isconnected with the wheel M to rotate therewith. Hence at every movementof the rod K, which occurs at the end of each half-trip, the wheels M,M, are simultaneously moved to indicate the number and also thedirection of the trip of the car.

The wheel M is a units-wheel, and to enable a larger number of car-tripsto be registered a tens wheel M is preferably employed in conjunctionwith the wheel M, and motion is imparted thereto as follows: The wheel Mis provided with a gear wheel, m which en gages with another gear wheelon" upon the shaft m This last named shaft is thereby caused to rotateand in its rotation to cause a projection, m on said shaft to encounterone, m of a series of teethupon a wheel m that is attached to thetens-wheel M see Fig. 2, and this wheel is thereby rotated onenumeral-space at each revolution of the wheel M.

The rod K is utilized to accomplish another purpose: It is provided witha bevel gear is, (see Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7) which engages with a gearwheel k which is attached to the units wheel D.

At the end of the trip it is essential that the wheels D, I), be turnedback to zero, and this is accomplished as follows: The rod K is providedwith a shoulder k which, when the rod K is lifted, encounters the armit, see Fig. 6 of a bell crank lever N and thereby causes this lever tobe turned upon its pivot 77, and its arm n to encounter a pin, 0 upon anarm 0 which in turn is attached to a shaft, 0", which carries the pawl 0The movement of the bell-crank lever N there fore causes the shaft a, tobe turned and the pawl c to be disengaged from the ratchet 0 This lastdescribed position of the pawl is not shown. The wheel D is now free tobe turned backward and by means of the rod K and the bevel-gear k thedesired rotation of the wheel is effected. The tens wheel D, is reset tozero as follows: As the wheel D is IIO rotated for the purposes ofregistration it operates to coil a spring, (Z (see Fig. 10) and if thewheel D were free the spring d would act at once to turn it backward.But at each forward movement of the wheel D it is prevented from turningbackward by the action of the dog P which is pivoted at p and whosetooth 19, drops behind the teeth of the ratchet (Z and the wheel D isthereby prevented from turning backward. tended at 17 substantially asshown and having an offset 19 (see Fig. 11) and when the units wheel, D,is turned backward in manner described a stop p thereon encounters theofiset p of the dog arm and the dog is thereby lifted out of engagementwith the ratchet d leaving the wheel D free, whereupon the spring dreferred to, acts to turn the wheel backward into its original position.The movement of the wheel D, is suitably controlled by a stop d, on itsperiphery engaging on the frame work a.

An additional feature of the construction is the means for steadying thevarious wheels throughout the construction. The wheel D is provided withthe scalloped wheel (Z A spring arm, Q, provided with the roller q isadapted to coact with this wheel substantially as indicated in Figs. 8and 9, and while the wheel D can in the manner described be turnedforward and backward, and the spring arm referred to is of a nature topermit the movement, it is sufficiently strong to cause its roller toengage with sufficient force with the scalloped wheel to effect thedesired steadiness therein and the desired registration in the propermanner. The wheels G, G, are similarly steadied by means of thedescribed scalloped wheels t" and the coacting spring arm Q,substantially as shown see Fig. 5. The wheels M, are steadied in ananalogous manner by means of the spring arm Q and rollers q see Figs. 6and 7.

In operation, the conductor, as a fare is taken, pulls the cord in theusual manner, and the wheels D,D, are rotated to cause the numeralsthereon to appear successively at the openings a a in the registercasing, and the wheels G, G, &c., are simultaneously operated to causethe figures thereon to appear at the openings, a, a, &c., in theregister-casing, substantially as shown. And at the end of each trip thewheels M, M are turned to cause the numerals to appear through theopenings, (1 a and a word or character on the wheel M indicating thedirection of the trip to appear at the opening The dog P is (BX- M, inthe register casing, substantially as shown. And in the manner statedtheconductor resets his register, so far as the faresmechanism isconcerned, to enable a new counting to begin at the beginning of eachhalf trip.

I claim- 1. A street car register combining in its construction thespring-actuated thrust-rod, 0 provided with the projection 0 the pawl 0the ratchet 0 the units wheel D, the tenswheel D having ratchet LP, thespring actuated pin F, the cam f, and the tens-wheel ratchet, and therock shaft H, actuated by the projection 0 on the rod 0, and the hook 71transmitting the motion to the ratchet g, of the Wheel G, and said wheelG, and its ratchet g, substantially as described.

2. The combination of rod 0, having proj ection 0 the rock shaft H,actuated thereby the hook 71 communicating motion to the Wheel G thewheel G, the wheel G, the gear wheel 9 'Z, the projection t the toothedwheel 9 and the shafts E, I, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the rod K, provided with the bevel gear, the unitswheel provided with a ratchet and bevel gear, the bell crank lever, andthe pawl 0 and the rock shaft H, and the rod 0, having projection 0adapted to actuate the rock shaft, the hook 72 and the fare wheel Gsubstantially as described.

4. The combination of the shouldered rod K provided with a bevel-gear,the units wheel D provided with its bevel gear, the bell crank, the pawl0, attached to the shaft having the arm 0 the thrust-rod movable on pinsZ, Z, which pass through its slots Z, Z, and the ratchet m, of the wheelM, and the spring actuated thrustrod 0, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the rod'K provided with the bevel gear, the unitswheel provided with the bevel gear, and stop 19 the tens wheel providedwith the ratchet, and the spring, and the pivoted dog P provided withthe tooth and the extension, and the stop (Z and the spring actuated rod0, adapted as described, to move the actuating parts substantially asdescribed.

Witness my hand this 13th day of February, 1893.

ONESIME E. MIOHAUD.

Witnesses:

O. D. MOODY, A. BoNvILLn.

